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Sullivan, Joanna – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBarrett, Mary T.; Graves, Michael F. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a program designed to teach content area vocabulary that resulted in vocabulary growth and improved comprehension. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Junior High School Students, Program Descriptions, Reading Comprehension
Download full textThompson, H. Wendell; And Others – 1980
Computer assisted instruction (CAI) modules were developed to improve the reading comprehension skills of college students at Alabama A and M University. These modules were designed and tested to provide individualized instruction in a remedial reading program that was already operating at full capacity. Based on an informal assessment, it appears…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Smith, R. Kent, Ed.; Pinette, Clayton A., Ed. – 1976
Six articles concerning college reading instruction are presented in this special interest journal. Chester Tillman and A. Garr Cranney offer informal guidelines for evaluating commercially produced reading improvement materials in terms of their purpose, educational and psychological factors which affect appropriateness for a class, cost, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Performance Contracts, Program Descriptions, Reading Comprehension
Chapline, Elaine – 1979
The Environmental Education/Communication Skills program was designed to improve junior high school students' reading and writing skills. The key idea of the program was to motivate reading and writing improvement through environmental topic learning. Content focus areas were: orienteering, plant life, animal life, environmental problems, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Content Area Reading, Environmental Education, Junior High Schools
Pinette, Clayton A., Ed.; Smith, R. Kent, Ed. – 1977
Five articles concerning college reading instruction are included in this special interest journal. Karen L. Pelz, William E. Pelz, and David L. Stritmater present a study of input sequence, exposure, and modality effects on recognition memory, which revealed that students who read assignments and attended lectures performed better on tests on the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Group Experience, Memory
Stocky, Rosemarie – 1987
Outlining an alternative to the basic English classes that segregate slower learning students from their peers, this booklet describes the English Skills Program for ninth graders at Parkway North High School in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Following an introduction explaining the origins of the program, the first two sections describe the program's…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Curriculum, High Schools, Individualized Instruction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
Designed to supplement the day-to-day planning, teaching, and evaluation activities of reading teachers at all educational levels, this compilation contains 689 citations of documents that appeared in "Resources in Education" from 1966 to 1980. The classification scheme reflected in the table of contents, developed from staff recommendations and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Content Area Reading
